Academic and Educational Permissions

This section focuses on getting permission to use copyrighted works for academic purposes. It provides information on assembling academic coursepacks and using copyrighted material in the classroom. The section also includes form agreements you can use to obtain clearances for coursepacks and information on educational fair use guidelines. There are special legal rules that apply to academic uses, as well as special services that can help educators obtain academic permissions.

The first half focuses on the most common need for academic permission—permission to compile a collection of copyrighted materials used for teaching into a “coursepack” or “reader.” The second half is devoted to an analysis of academic fair use guidelines, under which permission is not required for educational use of copyrighted materials.

Secondary Content

On January 28, 2014, Stanford’s Program in Law, Science & Technology hosted the discussion, “Congratulations, you have an app – now what? App Development and Marketing from A-Z.” The discussion featured a panel of high level, experienced practitioner who provide tips, checklists and a road map for addressing legal considerations relating to mobile apps, including best practices for mobile TOU and Privacy Policies, platform considerations and much more.